“There’s clearly an opportunity to slim down the department in some ways. I don’t know if that will ultimately significantly reduce the overall expenditure, but it may, it may help incentivize states in other ways.”

On changes in schools during her tenure:

“I expect there will be more public charter schools. I expect there will be more private schools. I expect there will be more virtual schools. I expect there will be more schools of any kind that haven’t even been invented yet.”

In her ideal world, the federal government has any a role in education?

“It would be fine with me to have myself worked out of a job, but I’m not sure that — I’m not sure that there will be a champion movement in Congress to do that.”

Congratulations, Wingnuttia, you drained the swamp. You own this, lock, stock, and misspelled “barrull.”

For ⅓ of a 1/7 of a point towards your midterm grade, give ol’ Betsy DeVos the MPS nickname she deserves. And as now is our tradition, we will have a vote (rigged) to make the final determination.

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Betsy DisRuptor – she brags about being a disruptor on her own website blurb. I guess she thinks that the folks caught in the undertow of disruption are just too poor to care about.